My Soul card is a Reaper

"Uncle Celus, what happened?" Leah asked him.

Syllia grabbed the Prince's arm and pull him down. After he was forcefully made to sit down again, Syllia told them that it isn't big and urged both of them to continue their sparring.

Claire and Leah didn't think much and got back to their fight while Syllia turned her head and looked at his face. "What's with that overreaction? Is it that much of a shock that your sister and I used to be lovers?"

Now that she could no longer keep it a secret, Syllia confronted it head-on. Of course, for Celus, it isn't something that can be digested easily. He still couldn't believe his ears. "How could it be possible? I knew Cynthia very well. She isn't that type of person."

"What do you mean that type?" Syllia frowned with unpleasantness. Obviously, she gets annoyed whenever some narrow-minded guy or girl tries to judge her sexual orientation as if it's immoral. "Do you think it's a crime to like someone of the same gender? Even the God of Archery sitting in that Heaven is a bi."

Both of them are at the same level and yet, Celus felt overpowered just by her powerful gaze. In front of her, he who doesn't even cower to battle a peak-rank-8 beast felt timid for the first time. He hurriedly waved his hands, "No, I don't mean that. It's just that Cynthia was engaged to Duke Welmir and soon, she will also marry him. So, it was a shocking thing, that's all."

"Engaged?" Syllia's frown deepened, "when?"

"About 8 years ago," Celus answered her truthfully.

"So, it was because of this, huh! No wonder, she broke up with me." Realization dawned upon her and she mumbled to herself. "And I thought she's just ashamed of herself being into women." Syllia's heart became soft for a moment as the misunderstanding cleared. However, at the same time, she also knew nothing is going to change as Cynthia already made her choice. So, her conscience was clear.

Naturally, Celus heard it. He wondered whether Syllia might be here because of his sister, probably not moved on yet. So, he spoke while being cautious because the matter is sensitive, "Princess Syllia, the marriage with Duke Welmir is very important for our father and Cynthia also seems to be happy with it. I hope…"

"What she does with her life doesn't matter to me." Syllia interrupted him with a casual tone as if she means it. She further said, "We are over, anyway. In fact, I don't even know that she's a princess of Camelot until today. Moreover, this is the first time we meet in 7 years. It's just a coincidence. I only came here to protect my sister and plan on doing that only."

"7?" Celus gasped inwardly, remembering something important. Seven years ago, Cynthia resigned from her job at Sun Academy and returned to Camelot. Since then, her personality changed from delicate to aggressive and developed an obsession with getting stronger.

Either way, now that he heard that she won't be planning on getting in his sister's way, Celus felt relief and then, suddenly, another thought appeared in his head and he couldn't help but ask whether Syllia only likes women or whether she like men too. To which, the princess of Lefeuvre admitted with a smile that she had dated a few men in the past too.

Unknown to Celus, a smile appeared on his face too.

Back to the battle, Leah was on the defensive while Claire is attacking aggressively with all of her strength.

*Cling* Cling* *Cling*

Every time their swords clashed, Leah was pushed back a bit. While it seems like Claire was gaining an advantage, in reality, she was getting tired from relentless attacks.

On top of that, her weight is now twenty times that of before. Leah had trained in such terrain for all her life. So, it was just a walk in a park for her. However, Claire was different. Not only she was facing a true daughter of heaven of higher soul power but she was also receiving external pressure. And there's her insecurity towards her opponent too.

But, still, Claire was giving everything she's got, not intending to show weakness for even a moment.

On the other hand, Leah who was sweating as hell due to the high pace battle started to feel annoyed. From the start, she never intended to use a soul skill as this isn't a life and death battle. It was only a friendly spar. Moreover, she was confident in defeating Claire with ease.

When she realized that it's not possible, Leah took her seriously. Claire slashed at her again, which was blocked by Excalibur. This time, she didn't resist and let her flew away.

Just when Claire thought she finally gained an advantage over the Camelot's crown princess, the latter slid for a while, gaining a distance before she poured soul energy into the sword.

"So, you finally decided to take me seriously, eh?" Claire muttered under her breath, halting her footsteps, and stared at the purple energy sword that grew as big as Leah.

Leah slashed at empty air. A huge arc made of purple energy was generated from the sword and cut through the air to go towards Claire at a high speed.

Claire crouched and covered herself with the golden wings. The attack collided with the wings but failed to do any damage to them and disappeared into thin air.

However, the vibration emitted from the clash did affect Claire and made her lose her balance. She fell on her butt.

Meanwhile, Leah's face darkened. "Let's see how many attacks it can take."

Before her opponent gets up to take her stance properly, another energy slash hits the wings, making her roll backward before managing to hide under the wings once again.

After trying for a while, Leah's facial expression darkened deeper. She was feeling rage because of frustration as this wasn't what she imagined in her head. "Fine, then. I'll force you out of the turtle shell."

"Soul skill: Amalgamation of Ice and Fire." At last, Leah unleashed the soul skill.

"Ice." She raised her hand towards Claire who peeked at her opponent's actions through the gap between the wings. Her eyes widened as she saw the surroundings around Leah started to get frozen in Ice.

In one glance, she knew it was the same skill Leah used in the Champions League Semi-Finals. The training ground she was in isn't definitely bigger than their academy's Grand Arena.

If Leah can freeze her hundred-meter surroundings, then, there's no use of running away too. She can fly or just protect herself from the freeze but it is difficult to escape what will be followed.

Claire didn't hesitate to take out a card from her back pocket.

"Skill card: Holy Ground"

As the ice almost reaches her, she poured soul energy into the card before throwing it onto the floor, activating the skill card. The card shone brightly.

Her wings and her body were protected by her soul energy. So, she was saved from freezing, although soul power consumption increased rapidly.

"Okay, now, time to end this battle." Leah's eyes were fixed on Claire as she spoke, "Fire."

A beam of fire erupted from beneath Claire's feet, hitting her dead on. It was the first time, the golden wings got damaged. They were burnt to crisp.

Prince Celus immediately stood on his feet in worry as the attack was quite lethal. Forgetting whether she was Syllia's sister or not, Claire was still a princess and is a guest of the kingdom.

"Relax, Prince Celus. Don't you sense something…" She pointed at Claire, or rather at her feet.

It was at that moment, the ten-meter surroundings of Claire that was supposed to be frozen in ice suddenly transformed into golden color.

The burnt wings that were shielding the girl suddenly recovered themselves almost instantly and opened up to see an uninjured Claire whose soul-power was recovering at a tremendous pace. All her fatigue was also gone and she felt refreshed.

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